Depends.  Cow elk are sporting and very edible

At 03:52 PM 7/30/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I don't know if i'd call "cow hunting" very fun :)
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>On 7/30/99, at 3:43 PM, Wayne VanTassel wrote:
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>>At 04:20 PM 7/30/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>>I want to look into buying a whole cow or pig (dead and processed, of
>>>course) from some nice little local farm. The meat would probably be much
>>>cheaper per pound that way, plus it would mean fewer hormones and such.
>>>Anyone do that? How do you go about finding a source?
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>>don't know where you are writing from, but here in the states at least
>>farmers no longer do their own butchering.  And if they do some (my family
>>used to until recently) health codes prohibit the sale of the meat to
>>others (private consumption is not regulated)
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>>what you want to do is go a butcher shop.  there you will be able to order
>>a whole beef, etc.  Of course, finding one that sells organic meat is not
>>easy.  I believe their are several that advertise on the web that do sell
>>it.  But the cost of shipping is going to be high.
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>>(or you could just buy a hunting license ...  it's cheaper and far more fun)
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